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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 14 March 2018

Swiss soccer coach on trial for slaughtering family of 4

GENEVA (AP) — A youth Rupperswil, about 30 kilo-
soccer coach on trial over meters (19 miles) west of
the brutal slayings of four Zurich, and prosecutors
people two years ago said at the time that he
that shocked Switzerland confessed under question-
has told a court that he is ing. They also said he had
a pedophile and hopes to no previous convictions or
return to society one day, connections to the victims.
Swiss media reported. The trial is being held in the
Thomas N., whose surname neighboring town of Scha-
wasn't released because fisheim, and is expected to
of privacy rules, went on last until Friday.
trial on Tuesday in north- Swiss public broadcaster
ern Switzerland charged SRF reported that the de-
with murder in the death fendant, during Tuesday's
of a 48-year-old woman, proceedings, said he want-
her 13- and 19-year-old ed to one day look after his
sons, and the older teen's mother, and was hoping to
21-year-old girlfriend in start a distance-learning
December 2015. Prosecu- course in economics in
tors in the northern canton prison.
(state) of Aargau also ac- "My goal is to someday be
cuse the 34-year-old Swiss back in society and re-so- Media representatives stand in front of a police buildung of the cantonal police of Aargau in
defendant of extortion, cialized," he was quoted as Schafisheim, Switzerland, on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 where the Rupperswil's quadruple murder
kidnapping, hostage tak- saying. Swiss daily Tages- trial at the Lenzburg District Court takes place.
ing, raping the 13-year-old Anzeiger reported that the (KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri via AP)
boy, arson and possessing suspect envisaged himself cial and sexual motives in the Schauers' home, and said at the time.After she
thousands of pictures and in the distant future seated the killing of 48-year-old made the mother bind returned, the suspect tied
videos showing child sex at a fireplace with a dog Carla Schauer and the and gag the other victims her up, raped the younger
abuse. Fingerprints and at his side. three younger victims. before forcing her to with- son, killed all four by cutting
DNA tied the suspect to Prosecutors believe the According to investiga- draw about $11,000, po- their throats and set fire to
the scene of the crime in suspect acted out of finan- tors, he tricked his way into lice captain Markus Gisin the house, Gisin said.q

Berlin police accuse far right of trying to exploit killing

By FRANK JORDANS allegations of a cover-up ... Chechen Muslim and ex- lion refugees began three gators. "We have never ex-
Associated Press "absurd," noting that police refugee." years ago, experts say mi- perienced a murder case
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin po- are forbidden from releas- Bachmann later deleted grants are no more likely to being politically exploited
lice said Tuesday they are ing information if it might the post, but could face commit crimes than their in such a way."
investigating social media endanger an investigation. charges of incitement to German peers. He said there were "cer-
users who spread false in- Even after an arrest, sus- hatred, a crime of which Several high-profile cases tain parallels" to the so-
formation about the kill- pects are entitled to priva- he was convicted in 2016. involving refugees have called Lisa case, involving
ing of a teenage girl in the cy protection, especially Allegations against refu- stoked anti-migrant senti- a 13-year-old girl of Russian
German capital last week. if they are minors, Wenzel gees were also circulated ment, especially on social origin who allegedly was
The killing of 14-year- said. A 15-year-old Ger- by members of Alterna- media, prompting officials kidnapped and raped by
old Keira G. in her home man suspect in the March tive for Germany, a right- to warn of the possibility of migrants in Berlin two years
sparked a flurry of posts by 7 slaying was arrested Sun- wing nationalist party that vigilante violence. ago.
far-right groups and indi- day. Among the social me- placed third in last year's "What happens on the in- Right-wing groups, Russian
viduals alleging the crime dia users facing scrutiny election after a campaign ternet after a murder such state media and the coun-
had been committed by a is Lutz Bachmann, the co- that focused strongly on as this is truly terrifying," try's foreign minister con-
migrant, and accusing the founder of German anti- crimes committed by mi- Wenzel told The Associ- demned the alleged at-
authorities of hiding the Muslim group PEGIDA, who grants. While rates of vio- ated Press, noting that the tack. German police later
culprit's identity. posted a picture of an in- lent crime in Germany spreading of rumors and concluded the girl had run
Berlin police spokesman nocent boy with the words have increased since the false information put ad- away and made up the
Winfrid Wenzel called the "beast from the Caucasus influx of more than a mil- ditional pressure on investi- kidnapping story.q